In a study involving weather predictions, media multitaskers
A) activated the hippocampus, which plays a vital role in explicit memory.
B) activated subcortical areas involved in implicit memory.
C) were able to apply their learning to new weather problems.
D) learned more thoroughly than participants working only on the weather task.
B
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Which statement is true about divorce in midlife?
A) Middle-aged adults seem to have a much harder time adjusting to divorce than younger people. B) Middle-aged adults who divorce report gains in happiness—an outcome stronger among men than women. C) In the United States, the divorce rate among adults age 50 and over has doubled in the past two decades. D) Divorcing women frequently mention that their emotional inattentiveness played a role in the marital failure.
Which of the following is NOT discussed in the text as a motive for engaging in self-presentation?
A) to obtain things we need and value B) to conserve mental effort C) to facilitate our social interactions D) to create desired self-identities
Consciousness is:
a. the ability to solve problems, reason, and remember. b. the sudden and often novel realization of the solution to a problem. c. the process of organizing and interpreting sensory information. d. effortless encoding of incidental information into memory. e. our awareness of ourselves and our environment.
In a(n) ________, family members use aggression to control one another
Fill in the blank with correct word.